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(1927-2008) Lexicographer, writer. Laurence Urdang was born in Manhattan, New York, and graduated from the Fieldston School in the Bronx, New York. He wrote or edited more than 100 dictionaries and other reference books. He was the brother of writer Constance Urdang.

Full Name

Laurence Urdang

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Urdang graduated from the Fieldston School in the Bronx, New York.

1927

BIRTH

Laurence Urdang was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1927.

1956

OTHER

Urdang graduated from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, and did graduate work there. He taught at New York University from 1956 to 1961.

1966

LITWORK

Random House Dictionary of the English Language


Urdang was the managing editor of the first edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.

1972

LITWORK

The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words


Compiled by Urdang.

1981

LITWORK

-Ologies and -Isms: A Thematic Dictionary
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 2nd edition.

Edited by Laurence Urdang.

1985

LITWORK

Holidays and Anniversaries of the World
Detroit: Gale Research Company.
0-8103-1546-7
Laurence Urdang and Christine N. Donohue.

1986

LITWORK

The Synonym Finder
Warner Brothers.
446370290
With J. I. Rodale, Nancy LaRoche.

1996

LITWORK

American Century Dictionary
Warner Books.
ISBN - 13:9780446601214
Edited by Laurence Urdang.

2008

DEATH

Laurence Urdang died in Branford, Connecticut, in 2008. He lived in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

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